Grammar Progress Test

y dad is always blaming me on everything! ___
8	The management and union are in dispute with working conditions. ___
9	Only after several hours searching I found what I was looking for. ___
10	The magician claimed to be able to make people vanish. ___
5	Complete each sentence with a suitable phrase of three words containing the word in capital letters. 
0	Oh well, I might as well have another drink, if no one’s in a hurry to leave.
1	I have every confidence in him; I’m not worried ___________________________________ . SLIGHTEST
2	Scarcely ___________________________________ off my coat when it started to pour down. HAD
3	Never again ___________________________________ my family to that awful restaurant. WILL
4	Saccharin is ___________________________________ sugar which you might consider. ALTERNATIVE
5	Mark, you’re ___________________________________ the drinks; make sure everyone’s glass is filled up. CHARGE
6	It is ___________________________________ to sound your horn in residential areas at night. LAW
7	If the Curry House and the Pizza Place are fully booked, we can always ___________________________________ that fish and chip restaurant. FALL
8	Bob Agar has kindly agreed to ___________________________________ Chris Wettens, who is likely to be off work for two months. STAND	
9	I’ve had to work ___________________________________ this month, including weekends. SINGLE
10	Well, John Bunn, I am ___________________________________ to understand how you can break two school windows in two days. LOSS
6	Complete the letter by writing one word in each gap. 
The Manager, Stein’s Camping Accessories
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to express my dissatisfaction (0) with the service I received at your shop on Saturday 24 November when I came in with a rucksack which I had purchased (1) ____________ you in March. 
I have had (2) ____________ many bad experiences with cheap rucksacks, that I decided to buy an expensive one with a guarantee. So in March, I spent £25 (3) ____________a rucksack, which (4) ____________ with a three-year guarantee. However, the zip of the rucksack has regularly jammed; in fact, (5) ____________ time you do it up you have to take great (6) ____________ not to get the surrounding material stuck in the zip. Recently it became so completely stuck that I (7) ____________ patience with it and tore the zip open. The rucksack is now unuseable, but my point is that there is a basic design fault to it. 
I pointed all (8) ____________ out to the sales assistant, and produced the receipt and guarantee. The assistant said that it was dirty, and that a replacement (9) ____________ not be issued. I explained that it was dirty because I use it every day to cycle in to work, and that on rainy days it gets splashed. But (10) ____________ it is dirty or not has nothing to (11) ____________ with my complaint, which was about the defective zip. Finally, the assistant said I should contact the manufacturers, and gave me their name and address. However, (12) ____________ consulted my local Citizens Advice Bureau, I find this (13) ____________ be wrong. It is the responsibility of the shop (14) ____________ the purchase was made to refund money (15) ____________ supply a replacement for faulty goods. 
Yours faithfully
Brian Laws 
7	Correct the error in each sentence. Rewrite the sentence on the line below.
0	The King is believed to be arrived in Rome three hours ago.
	The King is believed to have arrived in Rome three hours ago.
1	The report says there were 80 people present, that is not strictly accurate.
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2	If it wasn’t raining, we wouldn’t have needed umbrellas.
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3	I remember to see the Queen when I was a young girl.
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4	My son is now in army.
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5	Don’t worry, I’ll see it that you manage to get on the plane.
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6	He explained to be having difficulties understanding the teacher.
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7	No sooner had I put the food in the oven when there was a power cut. 
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8	It was not the most convincing story, but Jill fell through it.
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9	He’s a very strange bloke; I can’t really make him up.
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10	For the time, all we can do is wait and see.
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8	Add ten suitable punctuation marks to the following text. The speaker is introducing a trade conference in Canada.
I’d like to start by welcoming you all here today some of you have come from as far away as Morocco and Indonesia so its truly an international gathering before I do anything else let me just check that everyone has a conference pack now if you just open your pack for a moment you should find inside a booklet for delegates a conference timetable and a leaflet from our sponsors Davis International. 
9	Find and correct the ten spelling mistakes in the text. A lawyer is talking to a client.
Look, Mrs Smith, I can assure you it is totaly unecessary for you to seek alternative advise from another lawyer. You will only be told the same things that I have just told you. I am very sorry if you have bought a car which turns out not to be to your satisfaction, but once you have handed over cash for a used car, that’s it, especially if you’ve signed a receit for it. You see, second hand goods such as cars, when they are sold privately, are sold under the principal of ‘Let the buyer beware.’ Broadly speaking this means that it is the prospective purchaser’s responsability to get the car chequed out by a qalified mechanic. In fact the seller doesn’t in theory even need to tell you everything about the car, even though he must respond truthfully to your questions about it. A second hand car is ‘sold as seen’ in the eyes of the law, in other words it is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sail, so if you’ve paid for it, you have no right to conpensation afterwards. I’m sorry, but that’s how it is. 
10	Put each phrasal verb from the box in the appropriate place in the text. 
drop in living up to turned up paid for ended up take outpush on got on ran up look up pointing out
Kate’s Travel Diary
We decided to (0) push on and try to reach Venice by Friday afternoon – before the weekend hordes (1) ____________ . Susan was eager to see the city of waterways, as she had never been before, while I wanted to (2) ____________ an old friend called Davina, who was now studying Italian at university in Venice. Davina had given me an open invitation to more or less (3) ____________ at any time, and she was as good as her word, for she not only put us up, but also spent the whole weekend (4) ____________ the sights to us. She had never met Susan before, but they (5) ____________ immediately, which was a relief. My intention had been to pay her a flying visit, and then head off to Trieste, but we had such a wonderful time, we (6) ____________ staying for four days. Venice did not disappoint, (7) ____________ its reputation as the most beautiful of cities. On a less triumphant note, poor Susan lost her handbag, including a large amount of cash and her bank cards. She (8) ____________ a huge bill phoning home and contacting her bank in London. At least she’d had the good sense to (9) ____________ travel insurance, so this (10) ____________ the costs of most of the loss.
Advanced Language Practice
KEY Final Test
1
1	have been
2	would
3	at
4	couldn’t
5	for a while now
6	under
7	remembered
8	can’t
9	should
10	complied
2
1	ages
2	enables/allows
3	hope/trust
4	unless
5	rather
6	keep
7	take
8	part
9	if/whether
10	owing/due
3
1	the first time (1) I’d ever (1)
2	have as many (1) friends as (1)
3	when I last (1) went (1)
4	to be considering (1) the introduction (1)
5	it was (1) not for the financial assistance (that) (1)
6	can’t possibly (1) have (1)
7	account must (1) jeans or trainers be (1)
8	under so (1) much pressure (1)
9	cancelled our (1) subscription to (1)
10	announced (that) there (1) would (1)
11	the only museum (1) in London (which/that) (1)
12	warned the school children (1) not to (1)
13	on a (1) regular basis (1)
14	under (1) the impression (1)
15	resulted in (1) the Head Teacher agreeing (1)
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1	X
2	ü
3	X
4	ü
5	ü
6	ü
7	X
8	X
9	X
10	ü
5
1	in the slightest
2	had I taken
3	will I take
4	an alternative to
5	in charge of
6	against the law
7	fall back on
8	stand in for
9	every single day
10	at a loss
6
1	from
2	so
3	on
4	came
5	every/each
6	care
7	lost
8	this/(that)
9	could/would
10	whether
11	do
12	having
13	to
14	where
15	or
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1	which is not
2	if it hadn’t been raining
3	I remember seeing
4	the army
5	I’ll see to it
6	explained that he was/claimed to be
7	in the oven than there
8	fell for it
9	make him out
10	For the time being
8
1-10 I’d like to start by welcoming you all here today. Some of you have come from as far away as Morocco and Indonesia, so it’s truly an international gathering. Before I do anything else, let me just check that everyone has a conference pack. Now, if you just open your pack for moment, you should find inside a booklet for delegates, a conference timetable and a leaflet from our sponsors, Davis International. 
9
1	totally
2	unnecessary
3	advice
4	receipt
5	principle
6	responsibility
7	checked
8	qualified
9	sale
10	compensation
10
1	turned up
2	look up
3	drop in
4	pointing out
5	got on
6	ended up
7	living up to
8	ran up
9	take out
10	paid for
(Total = 125 marks)